The first line of FuelFix.com’s article reads, “Would you rather have a Corvette or Volt?”

Never mind the fact that the Venn diagram of potential buyers for these two  particular vehicles consists of “people with a lot of money to spend on cars” and “people who feel guilty about having a lot of money to spend on cars”  and only overlaps a tiny, tiny bit, and these are the only people who will be cross-shopping the two.

The Volt, with an EPA rating of 58 city / 62 highway, has managed to move 7,057 units through the first 5 months of 2012, while the Corvette has sold only 5,547 cars during the same period.

Now, it might have something to do with the $18,000 or so price disparity between the 31-grand-and-change sticker price of the Volt, and the Corvette, which typically rings up at the register north of $50k. Of course, the Corvette is not eligible for California’s special permission to drive with a single occupant in the carpool lane, like the Volt enjoys, which might explain why nearly a quarter of the total Volt new car registration volume comes from the Golden State. That, plus a $1,500 California purchase rebate, and a $7,500 federal tax credit, combine to make it not terribly surprising that the hybrid is outselling the sports car.

Or, for about the same money as that Volt, you could go out and get yourself a gently-used LS2-powered C6 in pristine condition and actually live, instead of just existing… What would you pick?